Man&#39;s drawers.



G. M. HARSH.

MAN'S DRAWERS. APPLIoA oN FILED AUG.21,1908.

908,257. Patented Dec.29,1908.

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GEORGE M. HARSH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MANS DRAWERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed August 21, 1908. Serial No. 449,625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. HARSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Im rovements in Mens Drawers, of which the fo lowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to drawers for mens and boys wear.

In order to sustain drawers while they are worn it has been common toprovide the waist band of the drawers with button-holes to engage withbuttons which are sewed on the inner surface of the waist-band oftrousers. Another device that has long been used on the waist-band ofdrawers to sustain them, is a strap or tape extending longitudinally onthe waist-band and forming one or more loops through which would passthe suspender-ends that engage with buttons on the trousers. Itfrequently happens that drawers which have only the button-holes areworn with trousers that have no correspondingly-placed buttons, and insuch cases the drawers are not supported.

The object of the present invention is to provide the Waist-band ofdrawers with a cheaply-constructed device that will afford theadvantageous results of either or both the button-holes and strapsheretofore used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a view of a pair of drawers having the improved sustainingdevice. Fig. 2 is a view on a larger scale showing one construction ofthe sustaining device. Fig. 3 is a view showing another construction ofthe sustaining device.

The improvement is applicable to drawers of any pattern and anymaterial.

In the drawing the numeral, 1, designates the waist-band of a pair ofdrawers, and, 2, the usual buttons at the front which serve to fastenthe two usual flaps, 3, of the drawers together.

In the construction of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a strap ortape, 4, extends in a direction longitudinally of the waist-band and abuttonhole, 5, is positioned at each end of the strap; in thisconstruction the button-holes have vertical position and extend parallelwith each other and are formed in the waist-band itself; the strapextends the entire space between the two holes and the ends of the strapare secured by stitches, 6, that border the edges of the button-holes;thus the strap is secured without the employment of extra stitches. Thestrap is unattached and free between its ends and thereby forms a loop.It will be seen that when the drawers are worn this device will serve tosustain the drawers in either of two waysby the button-holes, 5, or bythe strap-loop, 4.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the strap extends in the samedirection as in Fig. 2 relative to the waist-band, and the buttonholes,7, positioned at each end of the strap, are in this instance formed inthe strap, and said holes have a longitudinal position. The ends only ofthe strap are secured by stitches, 8. In this construction, as in Fig.2, the strap is attached only by its ends, and is free between its endsand thereby forms a III: both forms of construction either thebutton-holes or the strap loop may be used,the one without interferenceby the other.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is,

1. A pair of drawers having two buttonhole slits spaced apart a strapextending across the space between the said two holes, and stitches thatborder the edges of the said button-holes and also secure the ends ofthe said strap.

2. A pair of drawers having a waist-band and provided with a strap whichis attached by its ends and forms a loop, and also provided withbutton-holes positioned adjacent the ends of the strap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. HARSH.

Witnesses ALBERT LION, JOHN L. RUDIGER.

